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Account \Ac*count"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Accounted}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Accounting}.] [OE. acounten, accompten, OF. aconter,
[`a] (L. ad) conter to count. F. conter to tell, compter to
count, L. computare. See {Count}, v. t.]
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1. To reckon; to compute; to count. [Obs.]
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The motion of . . . the sun whereby years are
accounted. --Sir T.
Browne.
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2. To place to one's account; to put to the credit of; to
assign; -- with to. [R.] --Clarendon.
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3. To value, estimate, or hold in opinion; to judge or
consider; to deem.
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Accounting that God was able to raise him up. --Heb.
xi. 19.
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4. To recount; to relate. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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